Vanderbilt Law’s latest ABA acceptance rate is 13.3%: 812 offers from 6,124 completed applications in the 2025 reporting year. Its Fall 2026 entering class reports a 171 median LSAT and 3.90 median GPA.
| Metric | Latest figure |
|---|---|
| Acceptance rate | 13.3% (2025 ABA) |
| Fall 2026 median LSAT | 171 |
| Fall 2026 median GPA | 3.90 |
| Primary market | Nashville + national placement |
Vanderbilt does not publish a cutoff. Compare your score to the current entering-class range and treat the median as a midpoint, not a minimum.
Very. A low-teens acceptance rate plus a 171 median puts Vanderbilt firmly in the national-elite admissions band.
Retake when practice performance supports a meaningful gain that would move you closer to or above the current range or improve scholarship leverage.
13.3% in the latest ABA reporting used here.
171 for the Fall 2026 entering class.
3.90 for Fall 2026.
Written by Ali Unar, Founder, Lovare Institut. Updated September 20, 2026.
September 20, 2026
September 20, 2026